Mechatronic systems have evolved from traditional electromechanical devices into complex, intelligent, and interconnected systems that form the foundation ...

Today’s industrial manufacturers are faced with an increasing pressure to update or replace legacy control systems to maintain a more efficient, highly functioning, and sustainable control system ...

The dictionary defines automation as “the technique of making an apparatus, a process or a system operate automatically.” ISA defines automation as "the creation and application of technology to ...

Automation takes mechanization one step further. While mechanization replaces manual labor with machines, automation replaces human guidance with controls hardware, computers, and programming (PCs, ...

The idea of modularity in automation hardware and software has been a long sought-after goal across the manufacturing and processing industries. Taking a tour through any production facility will ...

The demands placed on the modern substation are vast and growing. To adapt to the requirements of a rapidly changing power grid environment, medium-voltage (MV) substation operators are tasked with ...

NAE Perspectives offer practitioners, scholars, and policy leaders a platform to comment on developments and issues relating to engineering. Ben Shneiderman (NAE) is a distinguished university ...

The ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards define requirements and processes for implementing and maintaining electronically secure industrial automation and control systems (IACS). These standards set ...

Case School of Engineering’s PhD in Systems and Control Engineering prepares graduates for professional careers in industry, government agencies, national labs, academia or startup companies engaged ...

An Electric Power Research Institute study has developed a systematic process for introducing sequence automation to fossil power plants. Researchers are now exploring its implementation in case ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are taking the world by storm. More and more we are seeing everyday actions turned into digitally automated tasks. While the construction industry hasn’t ...